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November 2033 Back to Back league defeats for the first time this season. Both deserved to be fair. Victory in the 3rd Round of the cup, before nearly making a pigs ear of the 4th Round - both against 3rd tier sides. We progress but we didn't deserve it again. A tough trio of matches to end the month, our Madagascan Centre Back managed to score and get MoTM with lifted everyone's mood! Which was good as we lost the next two. 4 defeats in a month. Our Madagascan hero

October 2033 Day 1 of the month, a local derby. Against the side rock bottom of the table. Bart Tavares makes it a very pleasant afternoon with a double. Sam Lucas scores and get's sent off. A lovely routine victory in the 2nd round of the Angolan Cup was the perfect prep for the match against Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto - these guys are the BIG club in the country. There B team win the 2nd tier every year. They are that good. We battled hard and I'll take a 1 goal defeat. We bounce back with Ivorian Keeper Ladji Atheba getting MoTM in our victory over Sport Luanda e Benfica - immediately he becomes a contender to take penalties. It's not however the Ivory Coast ticked off, but Cape Verde Islands as Sidney Ferreira comes off the bench and does enough to score and get MOTM in the final game of the month. A fantastic month. Our Sidney.

September 2033 Interclube were unbeaten, and probably an example of the strength of some at this level. In fact, Interclube were 2nd last year, 3rd two years ago and won it 4 years ago. Yeah, they are decent There was just 1 shot on target between the two sides in the goalless draw against Clube Desportivo da Huíla - still, it gives us another point. Local Pride and a Tavares Hattrick. Wiliete Sport Clube de Benguela had lost the previous 5, but we made it 6 and Tavares scored more in 90 minutes than he did in the whole season, the last time he was at this level. Love IT Josue Dias is a new signing, a key Right Back, another with a lot of experience. He and Tiny did enough to get another win. Mid-table and will take that right now. Last season 22 points was enough to stay up.

August 2033 We are dead favourites for relegation. 9 of the 16 players used against Caala were debutants. It was a lucky omen, a 2-0 victory and we are off and running at this level. Etienne Tiny is 6'2, he's also got the MoTM award to tick off Cameroun. A draw and we are unbeaten after the first "month" of the season.

July 2033 The Angolan off-season is long. We've been busy with a number of players through the door as we prepare for our 1st season at the Angolan top table - my first year, the club's 2nd. Matu and Jay are both veterans of the level, both early 30s and will probably give us a decent 12 months. Jay is a DMC, Matu is a left-back Murphy Illunga gives us a backup option in either full-back role Ivan Marmelo is Portuguese and has a decent record in the 2nd tier, I hope he can step up and score some goals. Ladji Atheba has come as 1st choice keeper, from the Ivory Coast, a nation still to be achieved Douglas Phiri (Zimbabwe), Adalmiro Paulo (Angolan) and Sphesihle Ramahandrison (Madagascar) will be my main Central Defenders Chadrack Malango is a winger from an old affiliate, only 17 but scouts rate highly. Samuel Lucas is a more experienced winger, he has played at this level for most of his career. A strong spine? It needs to be.

March 2033 Always nice when you forget your keeper is on penalties... At least he scored it, and we beat the champions... (b team) A 2nd place finish and we leave the B teams in the 2nd tier and get to play their A sides. Oh joy. Bart Tavares was the star man, either a Left Winger or Striker, he looked a threat and got 12 goals, and 9 assists. His record in the top flight is 0 in 20 so there is a slight concern he is the Angolan David Nugent. Olimpio Agualusa got 15 goals with a lower AvR As it's the end of the season, we shall look at the overall Challenge. Only 1 nation ticked off (Sudan) which takes us to 33.

February 2033 Young'Un Mário Cazanga hits his 6th and 7th goals of the season to give us victory in the first game of the month. In the 2nd, Etienne Tiny made a large contribution with his first two goals of the season, unfortunately, the Cameroonian was usurped by an Angolan for the MoTM. A successful fan day with a 6-1 win. With 90 minutes left of the season we will either get 2nd, 3rd or 4th. Happy with that.

January 2033 New year, 7 games left this season and promotion is the aim. No hangovers on the 1st Jan as Sporting Clube Petróleos do Bié was dispatched 3-1. The hangover kicked in the next match, a 1-0 lead was extinguished and we were on the end of 3. We have games in hand so no worries right now. A 2-2 draw against fierce rivals Clube Nacional de Benguela was a decent result, especially as Mohamed Ahmed ticked of Sudan with a well-taken penalty. It was also enough for a P Defeat to the champions-elect but it matters not. We are playing in the top flight next season.

December 2032 Since losing 5-0 to Dragao we have had an 11-game unbeaten run - including the first two games of this month, we meet again in the last match of 2032. We flipping well owe them. A point is better than nothing, but doesn't quite give us the sweet taste of revenge. My only complaint is that we are empty for nations for this season. Plenty of ones in-flight but no cows have come home to roost. All of the African ones apart from Rwanda and Niger are currently in my squad. Mohamed Ahmed is on penalties.

November 2032 A much tougher month for opponents but the results have continued to be good. Both of our wins were against the team at the top of the table. Barti Tavares the main man with a number of goals - this coming after a bit of a drought from him. He now has 10 for the season. 10 league games to go and it continues to look good

October 2032 Mário Cazanga is 16 years old, flung in for his first start, he got the winner and the champagne to get us back into the wins column. He sets a record for the youngest-ever goal scorer. He appears to be single-handedly dragging us through games. Another win, this time in a derby. Massive month in the end. 1-0 is all we need We are now extremely well-placed for one of the promotion spots. I think we are 11 points clear as the B teams can't go up.

September 2032 September is a much busier month than August. Five games to Three. We shall ignore the Angolan Cup for this year. Came up against the best team in the Nation('s B side). We can't ignore the defeat to Dragao - they were bottom without a win. No idea what happened. Because of the B teams, we are still in the promotion slots

August 2032 2 objectives for this season: Promotion to the top tier of Angolan Football Reach 40 Nations ticked off - we are on 32 An opening day draw - the oppo scored in the 94th minute was followed by a victory in the Benguela derby. The key player in the month, 3 goals, and 2 MoTMs was Mauro Adão, Angolan so no new nations. We top the table after these early stages.

Pre Season 2032 A new season... a new club. After just over 18 months at São Pedro Nolasco Futebol Clube, a bigger club has come calling. Relegated from the top tier, Estrela Clube 1º de Maio de Benguela has chosen Victor to get them back up to the top again. Financially there is a huge amount of scope open to me now. Lots of different nations in the squad. There are 9 that we haven't ticked off already. HUGE POTENTIAL It's GO TIME!!!

February 2032 Two more opportunities to get something ticked, and both squandered. A shame but such is life Overall a good season. Best ever for the club. Never any relegation concerns. The save is 9% complete

January 2032 This season now becomes tick of nation O'Clock... A Rwandan Left Back and a Striker from Niger have joined the party. Escolinha Isaac are champions-elect, they were also 6-1 up at Half Time. A goal for our Nigerian Striker is the only positive. It's not dull, but it's also not ticking off any nations Good job Djibouti is ticked off...

December 2031 Defeat in the opening game of the month has meant I have declared the unlikely title over. It's now about trying to tick off nations. I have two on my list - Eswatini and DR Congo, both missing the MoTM award. We've also had official confirmation that we are safe from relegation. Two goals for our Eswatini International Xolani Kunene but no champagne. Despite the less-than-impressive month, this has warmed the cockles.

November 2031 We have done what we needed to do - and that was stay up. The frustrating element is that it feels like we are dropping far too many points to challenge at the top end of the table. I know, I know, I can't just be happy, can I? A big victory over Porcelana kept us in touch at the top. João Tavares finding his goalscoring boots again. It's an unbeaten month but it could have been so much more Clinging on to the team at the top by the barest of margins.

October 2031 Sigh... a couple of draws have put us behind the pack. But we can put that to one side as we face Angolan Tier 1 side Sporting Clube Petróleos de Cabinda in the Angolan Cup 2nd round, two early goals put us behind and then a thoroughly professional job meant we didn't have a chance of getting back in. Ultimately a flat month. Proof it can change quickly. Porecelana were 5 behind at the end of the last month, they are now 2 ahead.

September 2031 The national element of this save is going to be a long haul. We can have a maximum of 6 slots for the non-Angolans. It'll be tough to tick off MoTMs when João Tavares is in such fine form, 4 goals in the first game of the month, overshadowing our debutant from Eswatini (or Swaziland in old money), then 5 against Clube Desportivo Real do M'buco - our Mauritius striker netting two. Nothing lasts forever, and Escolinha Isaac terminates our 8-match unbeaten run. We started a new run, and ended the month off top of the table, partly thanks to Adriano Chiu Chung Fat (#32 Mauritius) getting a double in the final game. We lead a congested top 3

August 2031 From agony to major happiness, thats the first couple of games covered. A 95th minute goal conceded meant we started with a loss, before a 6-1 home win put the smiles back on everyones faces. The cup was a tale of 12 penalties - 3 (all scored in the 90 minutes) and then 9 (all but 1 scored) in the shoot out. Progress made. Our reward is away to a top flight side in October. A lovely amount of green. Plenty of positives, a strong start. Goals a plenty. Sitting 2nd after the first month.

July 2031 Plenty of movement in the transfer window. Not as much as I would have preferred but some decent deals. Osvaldo Calupeteca - first choice Right Back option, 20 years old Anderson Cazanga - competition for 1st choice keeper, 22 André Bragança - Striker, 28, hopefully, my main source of goals Osvaldo da Silva - Left Winger, fantastic technicals for the level, only 17 - see below Fred Mfumu - A more experienced version of da Silva, can play either flank, 23 Walter Sousa - experienced Left Back, 31 Fred Longelo-Ikanga - a 15-year-old Striker, will see what he does in the U19s, has a finishing attribute of 14 Augusto Baiúa - 17-year-old Defensive Midfielder, backup Osvaldo Da Silva is the one that offers the most optimism both Osvaldo's are probably good enough for the 2nd tier. The expectations are low. I would hope we have enough to at least match what we did last season and make some slow progress forward. This is the senior squad as we start the season:

February 2031 Our first season in Angola is complete. Safety was needed and that is what has been delivered. We stopped the rot of defeats (4 on the trot) against the side in 2nd with a draw, and then a final day win against Kafanda - who were relegated. Joao Paulo is a 17 year old left winger that has done well in the U19s this year. This was his debut. Safe by 16 points but a million, billion miles away from the top end of the table. Player of the Year - it was a low bar - was Moussa Djama, he ticked off Djibouti and contributed 7 goals in 11 games. The last order of business for the season was the retained list - 10 squad players were released. There will be a massive overhaul of the squad for next season.

January 2031 This version of the new game is so quick... already into 2031... Two solid results against sides around us in the table all but secure our place in the 3rd tier next season, Moussa Djama is doing the business, before we travel to the league leaders - without Bigger Menga who his parent club has recalled as I never played him as a poacher. We lost our keeper to injury in the 32nd minute and our untried 17yr old replacement debutant did himself proud in the defeat. The rest of the month shows what can happen without a good keeper. We've done enough for survival unless I am missing something very bad... 31 points is the magic number

FM24 has been bought so will continue on the new version of the game. Things could go south...